Police prosecutor said yesterday.

Sgt. Peter Giles made the statement while telling the Senior Magistrate about the Christmas Eve arrest of 26-year-old Couver Norman Wilkinson, who pleaded guilty to the possessing and selling cannabis.

Sgt. Giles said Wilkinson was seen by Police selling the drug to a "white male'', who was later stopped and found with four small envelopes containing cannabis.

When Police approached Wilkinson later, they found a US$100 bill on him. In the bushes near where he stood, they found a brown paper bag containing 17 envelopes with what amounted to 8.33 grams of cannabis.

Although Wilkinson first said "that's not mine', he admitted later at Hamilton Police Station that the drugs were his and that he intended to sell them. He also admitted he got the US$100 bill from a drug sale.

Sgt. Giles said Wilkinson had no previous drug convictions. However, he said, Wilkinson's offences were considered serious and warranted imprisonment.

Duty counsel Mr. Tyrone Chin said Wilkinson had got caught up in drugs to pay bills after being laid off. He was now remorseful for his actions.

Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis said the selling of illegal drugs was a very serious matter and that the loss of a job was no excuse to resort to such law-breaking.

"To supply drugs to someone else only helps push them down in order to help yourself, and that's not right,'' he said.

He sentenced Wilkinson to six months in jail for selling the cannabis and three months for possessing it. The sentences are to run concurrently.

TWEED BROTHERS IN A BITTER DISPUTE CTS Tweed brothers in a bitter dispute A bitter dispute between brothers resulted in one causing nearly $600 worth of damage to the other's car, a court heard. Troy John Tweed, 30, admitted damaging his brother Vincent's car by pulling on a door and throwing a rock.

Prosecutor Sgt. Earl Kirby told Magistrates' Court that Vincent Tweed went to his brother's home on Loyal Hill, Devonshire on February 9. They got into an argument and Vincent prepared to drive off.

Troy came out and pulled the car door, Sgt. Kirby said. The brothers then calmed down and went back inside, but later the row flared up again and Vincent got back into his car.

This time Troy threw a rock at it, the court heard.

Troy's lawyer, Miss Sonia Grant, said the dispute was about a home Vincent bought in the parish, on which Troy paid part of the deposit.

Troy was prepared to pay for the damage, she said. "His brother accused him of being on drugs and as a result he lost his head. This matter is totally out of character.'' Senior magistrate the Wor. Will Francis fined Tweed $600, including $578 compensation.

VISITOR BROUGHT CANNABIS TO BERMUDA CTS Visitor brought cannabis to Bermuda A visitor from Philadelphia was fined $300 in Magistrates' Court yesterday after being found in possession of cannabis on his arrival at the airport.

Brendt Eric Wolf, 21, pleaded guilty to possession of the drug and a wooden pipe to smoke it.

Police prosecutor Sgt. Peter Giles said Wolf arrived in Bermuda on Wednesday.

A search by Customs officers turned up the pipe and 2.08 grams of cannabis.

Duty counsel Mr. Tyrone Chin said Wolf, a gasoline station owner, was embarrassed by the incident.

"He wants to get it over with,'' said Mr. Chin, adding that Wolf had $300 to take care of any fines.

Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis fined Wolf $200 for possession of the drug and $100 for the pipe, which contained cannabis resin.

WOMAN WHO STOLE EYEDROPS FINED $50 CTS Woman who stole eyedrops fined $50 A shoplifter took some eyedrops and then brought them back to the store, offering to pay for them. But 30-year-old Sandra Denese York was still prosecuted in Magistrates Court this week.

York, of Berkeley Road, Pembroke, admitted stealing from the Phoenix Centre on April 6 and was fined $50.

Sgt. Earl Kirby, prosecuting, said she tried to pay for the $14 prescription with her Phoenix card. Told she couldn't get credit, she said she would return the drops to the pharmacy. Instead, he said, she left the store.

The court heard she returned the drops later that day and offered to pay for them, but store management refused payment. She told Police she took the drops planning to return with the payment.

SANDY'S MAN FINED FOR BEING DRUNK CTS Sandy's man fined for being drunk Police found a drunken Henry Albert Wheatley waving his arms about on Mangrove Bay Road, blocking the traffic. Then he collapsed onto the road, Magistrates' Court heard.

Wheatley, 51, of Cochrane Road, Sandys, admitted being drunk and apparently incapable on March 26. But he told the court: "If I was drunk I wouldn't have got that far from White Hill club.'' He was fined $100.

TEEN `OBVIOUSLY HAS SOME PROBLEMS' CTS Teen `obviously has some problems' A 16-year-old school student was caught drunk-driving at 3 a.m., Magistrates' Court heard.

Police saw Eric W. Lightbourne, of Upland Lane, Warwick, narrowly miss the sidewalk on his livery cycle. He was on probation, the court heard.

Lightbourne admitted impaired driving on May 2 on Palmetto Road, and had his case adjourned for a social inquiry report.

"You obviously have got some problems and I want to know what they are,'' said Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis.